Thanks, Doris. It's possible that this Thomas Lamb is mine. More importantly, you made a connection for me - Sarah (Montgomery) Ward bought a piece of property and house in Otego in 1871 from Levi and Betsey Thayer. Until now, I did not know that Betsey was a Rowley. In checking census records, Levi and Betsey were both born in 1802, lived in Otego (Otsego) in 1860, Laurens (Otsego) in 1870, and Sullivan (Madison) in 1871 at the time of deed transfer. Betsey shows up in 1880 living with her son Artemas Thayer in Onondaga County in 1880 (Levi must have died). Rebecca was born between 1780 and 1790 so it's likely that Betsey was a sister, implying that Sarah bought the property from her aunt and uncle. Thanks again, Max -----Original Message----- From: PERKINSTURF@cs.com [mailto:PERKINSTURF@cs.com] Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 2:41 PM To: NYMADISO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYMADISO] Montgomery - Rowley re; sun hi, i have a book called Pioneers of Madison co. under the name of thomas lamb, i have only one Thomas Lamb, G. taught East District school of Lincoln, Dec 7, 1829 to March 11,1830 the other Lambs are Stephen , and wife Laura William H. lived in Cazenovia, n.y. only two Montgomery's listed, Elias Ensign in Militia, 1806 William, juror , madison 1827 there are 24 Ward's listed any chance your Rebecca may be Betsy, found a Betsy Rowley, married to a Levi Thayer. have a nice day, doris ==== NYMADISO Mailing List ==== To Unsubscribe from this list - send email to - nymadiso-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word - unsubscribe in the body of the email. If you are subscribed in Digest mode use the same address but change the -L- to -D-.